Beckman released the Model 42 Clinical Spectrophotometer in 1981.

The DU-7 featured a microprocessor and a built in video graphic display. It was released in 1981.

The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still called National…

The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still called National Technical Laboratories. Spurred by employee Howard Cary (who had previously been involved in pH meter…

The press release announces the specifications of the Spherogel CAA-HIC Column.

In this interview Sidney Edelstein begins with his family life in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and includes his early education and experiences at the Baylor School in Chattanooga. He describes his undergraduate career at…

E. Bright Wilson, Jr. begins the interview with a description of his parents, childhood, and early education. He then discusses his undergraduate and graduate studies at Princeton University, where he was inspired by…

Gerhard Herzberg descries his schooling in Germany. An interest in science and mathematics was kindled at his school in Hamburg; indeed, Herzberg's first interest was astronomy. More practical considerations led him to…

The press release discusses Bulletin 5933, devoted to the Ultraffinity-EP column and the fast affinity chromatography (FAC) technique.

The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still called National Technical Laboratories. Spurred by employee Howard Cary (who had previously been involved in pH meter…

William Henry Perkin depicted in his laboratory. Perkin, center, examines test dyeing of silk taffeta with mauve aniline dye. Left, his father, the backer of the plant, stands behind Perkin and admires the fabric. In…

This model of DU Spectrophotometer was first produced in 1980 and used a mirocomputer to control results, could store up to 9 user-generated programs, and could print results.

The first Beckman Instruments DU…

This model of DU Spectrophotometer was first produced in 1980 and used a mirocomputer to control results, could store up to 9 user-generated programs, and could print results.

The first Beckman Instruments DU…

Employees Matt Quigley (left) and Tom Balchin (right) holding a copy of the "Crompton & Knowles Computer Fashion Shades" catalog. This photograph was taken at the Crompton & Knowles Customer Service Laboratory in…

General view of the control panel of a Bendix Corporation Model 1076A Chromatograph Manifold Inlet System designed for use with a Bendix Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. Inlet systems are typically used to introduce…

Beckman's Model 24 was a double-beam visible light spectrophotometer.

View of the Library and Information Retrieval Quarters at the Crompton & Knowles Research Center in Gibraltar, Pennsylvania. Seated are researcher John King (left) and Elizabeth B. Hamf (Literature Chemist) at right.
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View of a chemist in a two-person laboratory module for the synthesis and testing of dyes and chemicals at the Crompton & Knowles Research Center in Gibraltar, Pennsylvania.

Based in Worcester, Massachusetts, Crompton…

Exterior of the new Crompton & Knowles Corporation Research Center in Gibraltar, Pennsylvania. The Research Center housed laboratories for research and development in dyes and chemicals for the textile, paper, leather,…

Bruce Billman using a Perkin-Elmer Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to test the metal content of a dye solution. This photograph was taken in the Analytical Section Laboratory at the Crompton & Knowles Research…

Twenty-four dyed Dacron samples attached to a bi-fold cardstock brochure.

Black and white photograph showing the interior of a dye laboratory of the General Dyestuff Corporation, likely in Providence, Rhode Island.

Eighteen dyed and undyed fabric samples made of Dacron and Antron fibers mounted in a tri-folded cardboard booklet.

Colorimeters are used to quantify the concentration of a solute in a solution by measuring the absorbance of a particular wavelength or color of light by the solution.

This instrument was created in 1968 by Beckman Instruments' Advanced Technology Operations (ATO) specifically for measuring the effect of space flight on calcium and creatinine levels in astronauts' urine. Colorimeters…

This model followed in the tradition of the DU, the first ultraviolent/visible spectrum spectrophotometer.

The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed in 1940, when the company was still called…